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2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
41 Degrees Awarded
$25,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Theater Schools for a Master's in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Theater Arts is the 69th most popular major in the country with 11,561 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 479 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 41 theater arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in theater arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality theater arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the theater arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Theater Arts (Income $75-$110k) in Illinois

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality
$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k. Northwestern is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 7 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois
#2 in overall quality
$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified masters’s theater students in 2019-2020.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Northern Illinois University

Dekalb, Illinois
$11,086 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Illinois University landed the #3 spot on the list. Northern Illinois University is a fairly large school located in Dekalb, Illinois that handed out 2 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

NIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Illinois University are $11,086, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois
#4 in overall quality
$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 3 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SIUC, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois
#5 in overall quality
$11,996 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k list. WIU is a medium-sized public school situated in Macomb, Illinois. It awarded 6 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WIU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WIU are $11,996.

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#6

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois
#3 in overall quality
$11,069 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Illinois State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Theater Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #6. Illinois State is a large school located in Normal, Illinois that handed out 7 masters’s theater degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Illinois State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Theater Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois State University are $11,069.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

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Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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